A last-minute deal reached between lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire has averted the need for a trial to determine how to split a $4 billion settlement. The unusual trial had been expected to delve into difficult questions about survivors’ losses.

Victims of the deadly Hawaii wildfire that decimated Lahaina are expected to testify in court during an unusual trial to determine how to divide a settlement.

The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent weeks.

This U.S. Geological Survey web camera view this morning shows lava flowing during the seventh lava-fountaining episode of the on-again, off-again eruption that began on Dec. 23. Kilauea is erupting again in Halemaumau crater.